Tanzania: MCC suspends programmes


Issue 321 - 15 Apr 2016 | 2 minute read

The US Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has halted preparations for a second compact, planned to make $472.8m available for the power sector, citing concerns about elections in Zanzibar and about the country’s Cybercrimes Act.The government declared the October elections in the semi-autonomous archipelago invalid, saying there had been irregularities in the voting process.

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